TY - GEN A1 - Albers, K. A1 - Müller, Werner ED - Ramke, Hans-Günter ED - Witt, Karl-Josef ED - Bräcker, Wolfgang ED - Tiedt, Michael T1 - Kunststoffdichtungsbahnen als Abdichtungselement in Oberflächenabdichtungssystemen T2 - Höxteraner Berichte zu angewandten Umweltwissenschaften - Anforderungen an Deponie-Oberflächenabdichtungssysteme T2 - Status-Workshop "Anforderungen an Deponie-Oberflächenabdichtungssysteme" CY - Höxter, Deutschland DA - 2006-11-30 KW - Kunststoffdichtungsbahnen KW - Deponien KW - Zulassungen PY - 2007 SN - 3-9807985-5-0 VL - 06 SP - 65 EP - 85 CY - Höxter AN - OPUS4-16079 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Auster, Jürgen A1 - Müller, Karsten A1 - Gründer, K.-P. T1 - Dynamic impact tests on materials & components of RAM packages - Advanced experimental and measurement methods T2 - Proceedings of the 18th International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials PATRAM 2019 N2 - In accident scenarios of transport packages or hypothetical crashes of containers in a storage facility or repository, the materials resistance against dynamic failure of the involved components is a deciding factor for package and container integrity during the handling, transport and storage for each type of radioactive material. For example, different dynamic impact tests on containers and components like lid sealing systems and specimens made of ductile cast iron and shock-absorbing materials are carried out by BAM. In order to perform dynamic impact tests with packages and its parts BAM operates two free-fall drop test facilities with maximum capacities of 200 t and 55 t, and a test bench for guided drop tests. This latter drop test machine enables a clearly specified component loading by a precisely positioned test object or drop weight and has been used recently for numerous investigations. The paper gives an overview of the wide range of experimental testing methods carried out within guided Impact and bending tests. Examples of methodological challenges are presented, especially such experimental analysis of dynamic impact conditions. In addition to known applied methods of dynamic, non-contact displacement measurements like high-speed 3-D surface deformation a recently patented 2-D tracking method is presented. By means of in-situ determination of fracture parameters with relevance to the materials stress intensity factor, the method has been successfully applied for a typical specimen geometry. Also shown are the possibility of detecting in-situ He-leakage rates on laterally impact loaded lid sealing systems as well as a method of acceleration sensor-temperature control under test conditions in the low temperature range. T2 - 18th International Symposium on the Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Materials PATRAM 2019 CY - New Orleans, LA, USA DA - 04.08.2019 KW - Dynamic impact tests KW - Materials KW - RAM packages KW - Advanced experimental KW - Measurement methods PY - 2019 SP - Paper 1374, 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-49067 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bernhardt, R. A1 - Scharnweber, D. A1 - Müller, B. A1 - Thurner, P. A1 - Schliephake, K. A1 - Wyss, P. A1 - Beckmann, F. A1 - Goebbels, Jürgen A1 - Worch, H. T1 - Comparison of microfocus- and synchrotron X-ray tomography for the analysis of osteointegration around T16AL4V-implants JF - European cells & materials N2 - Micro-computed tomography (µCT) provides quantitative three-dimensional information of bone around titanium implants similar to classical histology. The study, based on an animal model, using cuboid-shaped biofunctionalised Ti6Al4V implants with surrounding bone after 4 weeks, is performed using 3 µCT-systems with X-ray tubes, one synchrotron-radiation-based µCT-system (SRµCT), and classical histology. Although the spatial resolution of the µCTsystems is comparable, only the results of SRµCT agree with results of classical histology. The X-ray tube sources give rise to huge artefacts in the tomograms (interface scattering, beam hardening), which impaired the quantitative analysis of bone up to about 200 µm from the implant surface. Due to the non-destructive character of µCT the specimens can be subsequently examined by classical histology without restriction. The quantitative comparison of bone formation uncovers the strong dependence of the detected amount of newly formed bone from the selected slice. This implies the necessity of 3D analysis. SRµCT and classical histology prove that surface modifications of the titanium implant significantly influence the bone formation. Using SRµCT, the preparation artefacts due to cutting and polishing are excluded. KW - X-ray micro computed tomography KW - Comparison of microfocus and synchrotron radiation KW - Osteointegration KW - Surface modification of titanium implants KW - Histology KW - Bone segmentation KW - Quantification of bone formation PY - 2004 UR - http://www.ecmjournal.org/journal/papers/vol007/vol007a05.php SN - 1473-2262 VL - 7 SP - 42 EP - 51 PB - Univ. of Wales CY - Aberystwyth, Wales AN - OPUS4-5600 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Bramke, K. A1 - Müller, U. A1 - McMahon, Dino Peter A1 - Rolff, J. T1 - Exposure of Larvae of the Solitary Bee Osmia bicornis to the Honey Bee Pathogen Nosema ceranae Aects Life History JF - Insects N2 - Wild bees are important pollinators of wild plants and agricultural crops and they are threatened by several environmental stressors including emerging pathogens. Honey bees have been suggested as a potential source of pathogen spillover. One prevalent pathogen that has recently emerged as a honey bee disease is the microsporidian Nosema ceranae. While the impacts of N. ceranae in honey bees are well documented, virtually nothing is known about its effects in solitary wild bees. The solitary mason bee Osmia bicornis is a common pollinator in orchards and amenable to Commercial management. Here, we experimentally exposed larvae of O. bicornis to food contaminated with N. ceranae and document spore presence during larval development. We measured mortality, growth parameters, and timing of pupation in a semi-field experiment. Hatched individuals were assessed for physiological state including fat body mass, wing muscle mass, and body size. We recorded higher mortality in the viable-spore-exposed group but could only detect a low number of Spores among the individuals of this treatment. Viable-spore-treated individuals with higher head capsule width had a delayed pupation start. No impact on the physiological status could be detected in hatched imagines. Although we did not find overt evidence of O. bicornis infection, our findings indicate that exposure of larvae to viable N. ceranae spores could affect bee development. KW - Bee diseases KW - Wild bees KW - Nosema ceranae KW - Osmia bicornis KW - Pathogen transmission KW - Solitary bees KW - Bee health PY - 2019 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-496497 DO - https://doi.org/10.3390/insects10110380 VL - 10 IS - 11 SP - 380 PB - MDPI AN - OPUS4-49649 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cant, D. J. H. A1 - Minelli, C. A1 - Sparnacci, K. A1 - Müller, Anja A1 - Kalbe, H. A1 - Stoger-Pollach, M. A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Werner, W. S. M. A1 - Shard, A. G. T1 - Surface-Energy Control and Characterization of Nanoparticle Coatings JF - Journal of Physical Chemistry C N2 - Accurate and reproducible measurement of the structure and properties of high-value nanoparticles is extremely important for their commercialization. A significant proportion of engineered nanoparticle systems consist of some form of nominally core-shell structure, whether by design or unintentionally. Often, these do not form an ideal core-shell structure, with typical deviations including polydispersity of the core or shell, uneven or incomplete shells, noncentral cores, and others. Such systems may be created with or without intent, and in either case an understanding of the conditions for formation of such particles is desirable. Precise determination of the structure, composition, size, and shell thickness of such particles can prove challenging without the use of a suitable range of characterization techniques. Here, the authors present two such polymer core-shell nanoparticle systems, consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene cores coated with a range of thicknesses of either polymethylmethacrylate or polystyrene. By consideration of surface energy, it is shown that these particles are expected to possess distinctly differing coating structures, with the polystyrene coating being incomplete. A comprehensive characterization of these systems is demonstrated, using a selection of complementary techniques including scanning electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic light scattering, differential centrifugal sedimentation, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. By combining the results provided by these techniques, it is possible to achieve superior characterization and understanding of the particle structure than could be obtained by considering results separately. KW - Nanoparticles KW - Core-shell KW - XPS KW - Size KW - Thickness KW - Damage PY - 2020 DO - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c02161 VL - 124 IS - 20 SP - 11200 EP - 11211 PB - ACS CY - Washington DC AN - OPUS4-50899 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Chabrelie, A. A1 - Müller, Urs A1 - Scrivener, K.L. ED - Palomo, Á. ED - Zaragoza, A. ED - Agüí, J. C. L. T1 - Mechanisms of degradation of concrete by external sufate ions under laboratory and field conditions T2 - 13th International congress on the chemistry of cement - XIII ICCC (Proceedings) N2 - The durability of concrete is a major challenge for the construction, which devotes one third to one half of its annual investment to building maintenance. The lack of fieid data regarding concrete durability, especially in the case of exposure to Sulfate ions (“sulfate attack”) makes it dijficult to determine the appropriate fest methods andperformance criteria. Additionally, the increased use of sustainable blends (cement with mineral admixtures, typically slag from the iron industiy) suffers from a lack of experience regarding their long-term performance. Most results for sulfate resistance are derived from accelerated laboratoiy tests xvhere performance criteria are based only on macroscopic properties, especially expansion. To fill this gap and better widerstand the mechanisms of sulfate attack under real conditions, a parallel study of laboratoiy micro-concrete and fieid concrete samples under sulfate exposure was undertaken, focussing on microstructural changes in addition to the conventional macroscopic characterisation. Four exposure regimes were designed in the laboratoiy: full immersion (ponding), pH-control, semi-immersion and wet/diy cycles. Pure Portland blends and slag blends witli high level of slag replacement (70 wt.-%) were investigated. The exposure regime has been found to play a major role in the damage process. In ponding conditions, the damage process takes place in three stages characterised by a first period of induction, followed by surface damage thatfinally extends to the bulle of the material. Paradoxically, the w/c-ratio does not seem to have much impact on the ionic transport phenomena but might be more decisive in the microstructure mechanical strength against local stresses. The slag blends, considered as sulfate resistant in ponding exposure, revealed badperformances under wet/diy cycles. This beliaviour was attributed to poor proper physical resistance of the slag hydrates against diying. The fieid concretes selected for the comparison with the laboratoiy cases were partially buried in a sulfate-enriched soil in Argentina. A pure Portland blend and a slag blends with high level of slag replacement (80 wt.-%) were investigated. The submerged part of the samples could be compared to the laboratoiy ponding exposure, wliile the upper layer of the samples subjected to weathering could be compared to the laboratoiy wet/diy cycles exposure. The fieid obsen’ations tend to confirm the laboratoiy results and validate the fest settings. It has been underlined that a direct relationship between damage (e.g.; cracking/expansion) andphase assemblage was not evident. However, the study highlights that sulfate combination with the hydrates of the cement (e.g.; C-S-H) and with those of the slag would play a rote in the initiation of the expansion, which would be attributed to a swelling of the hydrates or to the precipitation offine ettringite after the Saturation level in sulfate of the hydrates has been reached. T2 - 13th International congress on the chemistry of cement - XIII ICCC CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 03.07.2011 KW - Sulfate attack KW - Exposure conditions KW - Concrete KW - Laboratory test KW - Field KW - Phase assemblage KW - Microstructure KW - XRD KW - SEM KW - SCM KW - Slag PY - 2011 SN - 978-84-7292-400-0 SP - 1 EP - 14 CY - Madrid AN - OPUS4-24810 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Chabrelie, Aude A1 - Gallucci, E. A1 - Müller, Urs A1 - Scrivener, K. ED - Sun, W. ED - Breugel, K. van ED - Miao, C. ED - Ye, G. ED - Chen, H. T1 - Durability of field concrete made of Portland cement and supplementary cementitious materials under several European exposure conditions T2 - International conference on microstructure related durability of cementitious composites (RILEM Proceedings) N2 - Deterioration of cementitious materials by sulfate ions is a concern for concrete in contact with ground water (and in a lesser extent sea water) in many parts of Europe, and is an important issue for underground construction identified as a major area for progress in the construction industry. Sulfate resistance relates closely to testing and standardization and therefore to prescriptive approaches. The lack of feed back on the durability of structures made of blended cements makes it difficult to fit these new concretes with existing test methods and performance criteria. This paper concerns the microstructural study of field samples and structures made of blended concretes available across Europe. This concerns several materials exposed to various climate regimes, ranging from Southern to Northern Europe (Spain, Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark and Norway). Complementary techniques such as SEM, micro-XRF, XRD and PIXE are used to evaluate the microstructural performance and stability of the phase assemblage of those blended concretes in the case of sulfate (and chloride in some instances) ingress, compare to pure Portland concrete. T2 - International conference on microstructure related durability of cementitious composites (RILEM Proceedings) CY - Nanjing, China DA - 2008-10-13 PY - 2008 SN - 978-2-35158-065-3 SN - 978-2-35158-084-4 N1 - Serientitel: RILEM proceedings – Series title: RILEM proceedings SP - 421 EP - 427 AN - OPUS4-20290 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Chabrelie, Aude A1 - Gallucci, E. A1 - Müller, Urs A1 - Scrivener, K. ED - Stark, J. T1 - Parallel study of field and lab concretes under sulfate exposure T2 - 17. Ibausil - Internationale Baustofftagung T2 - 17. Ibausil - Internationale Baustofftagung CY - Weimar, Germany DA - 2009-09-23 PY - 2009 SN - 978-3-00-027265-3 VL - 2 SP - 2-0317 - 2-0322 CY - Weimar AN - OPUS4-20297 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Eichelbaum, M. A1 - Rademann, K. A1 - Müller, Ralf A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Görner, Wolf T1 - Zur Chemie des Goldes in Silicatgläsern: Untersuchungen zum nicht-thermisch aktivierten Wachstum von Goldclustern JF - Angewandte Chemie KW - Glas KW - Goldcluster KW - Nanophotonik PY - 2005 DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.200502174 SN - 0044-8249 SN - 0932-2140 SN - 1521-3757 VL - 117 IS - 48 SP - 8118 EP - 8122 PB - Wiley-VCH CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-7691 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Eichelbaum, M. A1 - Rademann, K. A1 - Müller, Ralf A1 - Radtke, Martin A1 - Riesemeier, Heinrich A1 - Görner, Wolf T1 - Vom Atom zum Nanodraht: Kontrolliertes Wachstum von Edelmetall-Nanokristalliten in Kalk-Natron-Silikatglas T2 - Programm und Referate / 79. Glastechnische Tagung T2 - 79. Glastechnische Tagung CY - Würzburg, Deutschland DA - 2005-05-23 KW - Glas KW - Metallnanocluster KW - Optische Eigenschaften PY - 2005 SN - 3-921089-43-3 SP - 15 Seiten PB - Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft CY - Offenbach AN - OPUS4-7558 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -